Southern Illinois News

Public employee tally: Southern Illinois

By Local Labs News Service | May 8, 2018

Pulaski County had 142 public employees – 2.3 percent of the county's population, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.

From Prairie State Wire

House approves bill banning state agencies from paying bonuses to non-union workers

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

Legislation sponsored by Rep. Camille Lilly (D-Chicago) would bar state agencies from paying bonuses to non-union members or non-union contractors, and only allow state agency staffers to see extra pay.

From Prairie State Wire

Ives, McSweeney endorse Shaw for GOP chairman

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Committeeman Mark Shaw has bagged the endorsements of state Reps. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) and David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) in his run for chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.

18 offenders paroled in zip code 62992 in November

By Local Labs News Service | May 6, 2018

Eighteen offenders released on parole in November live in Illinois zip code 62992, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Southern Illinois News.

Analysis: Cairo Police Pension Fund would go broke in four years without taxpayer subsidy

By Local Labs News Service | May 5, 2018

Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Cairo Police Pension Fund lost $340,019 in 2016, according to a Southern Illinois News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

7 offenders paroled in zip code 62960 in November

By Local Labs News Service | May 5, 2018

Seven offenders released on parole in November live in Illinois zip code 62960, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Southern Illinois News.

Analysis: Anna Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in 11 years without taxpayer subsidy

By Local Labs News Service | May 4, 2018

Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Anna Firefighters Pension Fund lost $167,699 in 2016, according to a Southern Illinois News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

2 offenders paroled in zip code 62938 in November

By Local Labs News Service | May 4, 2018

Two offenders released on parole in November live in Illinois zip code 62938, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Southern Illinois News.

Analysis: Anna Police Pension Fund would go broke in 15 years without taxpayer subsidy

By Local Labs News Service | May 4, 2018

Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Anna Police Pension Fund lost $154,540 in 2016, according to a Southern Illinois News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

Analysis: Cairo Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in two years without taxpayer subsidy

By Local Labs News Service | May 4, 2018

Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Cairo Firefighters Pension Fund lost $282,438 in 2016, according to a Southern Illinois News analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

From Prairie State Wire

Analysis: College baseball in Illinois grosses $24.8 million

By LGIS Newsfeed | 6 years ago

Robert Morris University baseball tops the list of highest grossing programs in Illinois, reporting more than $1.3 million – or $10,678 per athlete – in 2016, followed by Bradley University ($1.2 million), and University of Illinois at Chicago ($980,248), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

2 offenders paroled in zip code 62914 in November

By Local Labs News Service | May 3, 2018

Two offenders released on parole in November live in Illinois zip code 62914, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Southern Illinois News.

From Prairie State Wire

Public employee tally: Bottom 25 counties in Illinois

By Local Labs News Service | 6 years ago

Kane, DuPage and Kendall counties employ the fewest government workers per capita in Illinois, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.

6 offenders paroled in zip code 62920 in November

By Local Labs News Service | May 2, 2018

Six offenders released on parole in November live in Illinois zip code 62920, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Southern Illinois News.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois colleges, universities report 9.6 percent default rate on student loans

By LGIS Newsfeed | 6 years ago

At Larry's Barber College in Chicago, 40.3 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois House passes bill to require race and ethnicity-based quotas at state universities pension system

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Illinoisans of Italian, Mexican, French and Eastern European descent could be in line for top management jobs with one of the state's largest public pension systems if a bill becomes law.

56 offenders paroled in zip code 62995 in November

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Fifty six offenders released on parole in November live in Illinois zip code 62995, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Southern Illinois News.

Former state school employee Shurtz paid in $28K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $1.05M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state school employee Lori Shurtz, who retired in April 2018, saved $27,731 toward a pension over 9 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Records show how much Southern Illinois school districts have paid for spiking teacher pensions ahead of retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Out of school districts in Southern Illinois, Massac USD 1 paid the most in penalties since 2005 for spiking employee salaries to boost outgoing teachers' retirement benefits, according to data obtained from the Teachers Retirement System of Illinois.

Public employee tally: Top 25 counties in Illinois

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Pulaski and Hardin are among Illinois counties that employ the most government workers per capita, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.